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Re: tar-1.11.2 for backup?

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From: Barak Pearlmutter
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 21:58
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$ tar --version
GNU tar version 1.11.5

There are not too many changes, but it does have better support for
files with holes, which is important under linux when backing up
shared libraries.

The README file says to send bug reports to <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.
That's where I got the source to this release.
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From: bap@learning.scr.siemens.com (Barak Pearlmutter)
Subject: Re: tar-1.11.2 for backup?
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